IV Escadron (moto) de la Garde, Hir Moussa, Tunisia, January 1943

IV Escadron (moto) de la Garde, Hir Moussa, Tunisia, January 1943

Last of the special one-off units I needed for the orbat for this action
1st troop (motorcycle) a mix of Empress and EWM motorised infantry with a variety of M/C combinations




2nd troop (lorried) Oxford di-cast truck



Some pics of the figures

Batterie "F" 37mm AC de Marine, Hir Moussa, Tunisia January 1943

These were certainly only ever seen in Tunisia. The French Navy yard build 36 weapons using 37mm Hotchkiss naval guns into anti-tank weapons, they saw service with 64RAA and Marine AC (anti-char) units in Tunisia.





My version using a Matchbox Pak36 as the base gun

Batterie (crewed by various Blitz, EWM, FAA & SHQ gunners)

No1 gun

Closer look at the naval crewman in Bachi

No2 gun

Towing vehicles, now from my reading I guess the French used whatever was still mobile  :ugeek:
Ex-Civilian truck (re-painted di-cast with Pernod decals added)

Naval truck/van (re-painted di-cast, hand painted decals, Aleran Decals number plates)



Trucks towing guns

Complete Batterie

German supply unit for Tunisia

Milicast SWS cargo halftrack (bought off Alan Hamilton) with sabot load and Britannia driver




Academy Opel fuel truck


Platoon - mostly old Battlefield, but also Sgt`s Mess civilians with head-swops


Whole unit together

French DCB for Tunisia

First time I`ve sat down and painted something in a month.

A gun section from 1er batterie de DCB (Defense Contre Blinde); Hir Moussa, Tunisia, January 1943
SHQ 25mm Hotchkiss AT gun with an Early War Miniatures crew


Citroen-Kegresse P17 from S&S with a mixed crew (EWM and Blitz)


Gun & tractor together